Space Weather

Correction: You, Not the Birds, Are the First Line of Defense for Space Weather

January 6, 2013

If you’re here in Austin, along with a few thousand of your closest professional colleagues, you’re not just here to...

Solar Storms Are Noisy

April 4, 2012

A doctoral student at the University of Michigan has created a sonic representation of the intense solar storm that erupted...

You've Got a Flare for Science

January 23, 2012

Last night while you were out partying on Bourbon Street, the Sun was at work. According to NOAA, our home...

UCAR's Next President, Thomas Bogdan

UCAR's Next President, Thomas Bogdan

October 18, 2011

The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) announced today that Thomas Bogdan will succeed Richard Anthes as its next president,...

Looking at the Sun in a New Light

October 12, 2011

With orbiting observatories and solar probes now available to scientists, it might seem that studying the Sun (and its effects...

Here Comes the Sun–All 360 Degrees

February 24, 2011

The understanding and forecasting of space weather could take great steps forward with the help of NASA’s Solar Terrestrial Relations...

A Minimum of Maximum Concern

A Minimum of Maximum Concern

January 12, 2010

There are a lot of questions about the current solar minimum, which has reached historic levels—“No solar physicist alive today...

Exposing Air Travel Radiation Concerns

Exposing Air Travel Radiation Concerns

December 17, 2009

The Space Weather Symposium at the AMS Annual Meeting once again will discuss the radiation exposure that airplane passengers get...

On Mars, the Dust Devil's in the Details

On Mars, the Dust Devil's in the Details

December 16, 2009

Discoveries about the atmospheres of other planets have been closely linked to insights about our own. When a young Carl...